cailech

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (call).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cailech m (genitive cailig, nominative plural cailig)

  1. rooster

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cailech cailechL cailigL
Vocative cailig cailechL cailechuH
Accusative cailechN cailechL cailechuH
Genitive cailigL cailech cailechN
Dative cailechL cailechaib cailechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: coileach
  • Manx: kellagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: coileach

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cailech chailech cailech
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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